Weed-exterminating device.



L. H. ARCHARD.

WEED BXTERMINATING DEVICE.

APPLIOATION FILED JULY 20,1912.

1 ,O5 4,485., v Patented Feb. 25, 1913.

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WEED-EXTEBMINATING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 25,1913.

Application tiled m 20, 1912. Serial no. noses.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I Lnomoas H. Anon- ARD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Vymore, in the county of Gage and State of Nebraska, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Weed-Exterminating Devices, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to devices for exterminating weeds andparticularly to that class of weed exterminators which are pro- ''beencut a vided with cutting devices and with means for applyin to the rootsof weeds that have Ii uid or solution of some kind which will e ectivelyand permanently destro the weed.

T e resent invention has for its object to pro uce a sim 1e andeffective device of the class describe including a liquid receptaclehaving a valved discharge spout and valve actuating means.

A further object of the invention is to simplify and improve theconstruction and arrangement of the component parts of the device.

With these and other ends in view which will readily appear as thenature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in'theimproved construction and novel arrangement and combination of partswhich will be hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed outin the claims.

In the accompanying drawing has been illustrated a simpleand preferredform of the invention, it eing, however, understood that no limitationis necessarily made to the precise structural details therein exhibited,but that changes, alterations and modifications within the scope of theclaims may be resorted to when desired.

In the drawing,--Figure 1 is a side elevation of a device constructed inaccordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation, partly insection, showin the invention applied in o erative position adjacent toa. weed which as been cut. Fig. 3 is a sectional detail view taken onthe line 3-3 in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a sectional detail view illustrating amodification.

Corresponding parts in the several figures are denoted by ike charactersof reference.

A handle -1 of suitable dimensions is provided at its lower end with aspade or cutting tool2. A receptacle 3 having a screw ea or cover 4 ismounted on the handle 1 .a suitable distance above the cutting tool 2 bymeans of clamps 5. The receptacle 3 has at its lower end a dischargespout 6 provided with a valve 7, the stem of which, '8, is rovided witha bell crank, one arm of whlch, 9, extends u wardly and is pressed bfy aspring 10 whic is interposed between t e lever arm and a seat 11 on thespout 6, the tendency of said sprin bein to force the lever arm 9 in thedirection of t e'handle l'which obstructs the further movement of saidlever arm. When the lever arm 9 is forced by the sprin 10 into en gementwith the handle 1, t e valve wil be in a position to obstruct thepassage of liquid throu h the spout 6. The other arm 12 of V the be 1crank which extends from the valve stem at an angle to thearm 9 isconnected with the lower end of an operatin member consistin of a cordor wire 13 w ich may be ride through keepers 14 on the handle an whichis provided at its upper end with a ring or link 15 to receive thefinger of the operator.

In Fig. 4 a modified form of the valve has been shown. Under theconstruction shown in said figure, the valve 20 which -bstructs the flowof li uid through the tube or nozzle 21 is provide with a stem 22 thatextends through a stufiin box 23 and is provided with a stop mem r, suchas a button or a pin 24, between which and the stuffing box a spring 25is coiled on the valve stem to force the valve in the direction of itsseat 26. A bell crank, which is fulcrumed on 8. lug 27 that projectslaterally from the tube 21, has one arm 28 extended in the path of thevalve stem 22, and the other arm 29 of the bell crank is connected withthe cord or wire 13, whereby said bell crank may be actuated to unseatthe valve, as will be readily understood.

In the operation of this device, the operator standing in an uprightposition and gras ing the handle of the implement with one and, placeshis forefin er in the ring or link 15. The cuttin too 12 is utilized forsevering the stem 0 the weed, and the action of severin such stem, aswill be seen in Fig. 2, will ring the end of the discharge nozzle 6 inclose roximity to the root of the plant. By pu ling on the ring or link15 wlth his forefinger, the operator may now open the valve, thus causin.a portion of the contents of the receptac e to be discharged u on theroot of the plant. Any well known iquid or solutionmay be used whichwill serve toefl'ectually exterminate the plant to the root of which itis applied.

I-Iavin thus described the invention,what is claime as new, is

1. In a device of the class described, a handle having a cutting tool, areceptacle mounted on said handle and having a discharge s out, a valveto regulate the discharge 0 liquid passing throu h the spout, said valvehavin a stem provi ed with two arms substantial y at-=right angles toone another, a spring whereby one of the arms is forced in the directionof the handle whereby it is obstructed, and 'a suitabl guided operatingmember connected with the other arm and having a fin er ring.

2. A device of the class descri ed including a handle havin" a cut-tingtool, a receptacle mounted on the handle and havin a discharge spout, avalve to regulate the ischarge of liquid passing through the spout, abell crank for actuating said valve,aspring operating to keep the valvenormally in obstructing position, and a suitably guided operating memberconnected with one arm of the bell crank and having a ring to be en agedby thefinger of the operator.

n testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

LEONIDAS H. ARCHARD.

Witnesses ALBERT ARCHARD, C. L. CLARY.

